Archive for October, 2007
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hmmh…
This is really amazing. I’m deeply skeptical about the whole “right-brain” – “left-brain” stuff, but I have to say that this seems obviously to be rotating clockwise to me and equally obviously to be rotating counter-clockwise to my right-handed wife.
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Prelinger library
The Prelinger archives is one of my favorite resources for teaching, so it was interesting to read that there is an actual Prelinger Library in San Francisco…
Creating the 21st Century Library—In These Times
When you enter the Prelinger Library in San Francisco, the first thing you notice is “rock star” librarian Nancy Pearl—in action figure form. It’s the first hint that you’ve stepped inside an unconventional library. Megan and Rick Prelinger’s vision of engaged learning is at odds with the weighty atmosphere that often pervades spaces containing 40,000 items—ranging from books to maps to films—intended for research purposes. Rick first achieved fame in the archivist world when his collection of 60,000 16mm educational films, known as the Prelinger Archive, was purchased by the Library of Congress in 2002.
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